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Sikh businessman Sutheep Sajjathep, whose disappearance last Thursday night sparked an abduction scare, has returned home safely and denied anything untoward happened. Pol Maj-Gen Phanurat Meepian, commander of Metropolitan Police Division 9, said Mr Sutheep arrived home on Sunday night. More...

First it was just the metal detectors and body checks, then came removal of shoes, sharp objects and cigarette lighters followed by metal forks and knives as well as nail-clippers. Recently, water, liquids and gels have been placed on the list. More...

Editor's note: Dennis Raabe, principal of McDill Academies, is visiting Thailand, Laos and Vietnam until Aug. 12 as part of a Department of Public Instruction program. He will send correspondence as often as possible...

Somewhat like a butterfly, Naovarat Pongpaiboon moves from one beautiful place to the next, in search of inspiration. Along the way, he turns his impressions into poetry...

The course only lasted a week but this is a school with ample resources for year-round classes. Sometimes the day's activities took place in a watershed forest, sometimes on the ridge of a steep limestone cliff, sometimes in a remote hilltop village...

Sanaa, Yemen _ Thailand's substantial investment in terms of financial and human resources in saving its image from being tarnished as a Buddhist state that discriminates against its Muslim minority, has paid off at the 32nd session of Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) last week...

UBC, Discovery Channel and Animal Planet are inviting all primary school students to enter the "Thailand Power Kids Challenge". The contest is divided into four categories: animals and wildlife; science and technology; nature; and the environment and history. Entries will be accepted until July...

It's one of this century's biggest questions: How to raise children to be a force for peace in a world divided by so many explosive ethnic conflicts? That challenge may discourage many educators, but not Prof Kasem Watanachai, a member of the Privy Council...

Thais of all religions and faiths took to prayer yesterday as part of an effort to make merit for the country which has seen natural disaster _ the Dec 26 tsunami _ and violent conflict in the South over the past year...

Visitor flows between India and Thailand are set to surge as of this month when Indian Airlines more than doubles its capacity from 25 to 51 flights a week, or roughly 350 seats a day...